User`s guide

330 Implementing an Open IBM SAN
Configuration file information
The SLIC_name can be any name that you would like to use to identify the
Router.
Creating a SLIC Zone
The path refers to the SLIC Zone, file or partition, used for the Manager to
communicate to the Router. To edit this option, it requires that a drive on the SSA
loop has been recognized by the host and that the drive has been formatted. In
the example above, a Windows NT host was used. The Windows NT Disk
Administrator was used for the host to recognize the drives, the first drive
assigned the next drive letter, F, and it was formatted.
The file naming for a SLIC Zone depends on the type of operating system
running. For Windows NT, the naming is <drive letter>:\IBM7190.SFA.
You can enter in many SLIC Zones, but only one is required to get access at the
beginning. After the other drives have been configured as mirrors or composite
drives, then SLIC Zones can be created for these drives if desired.
Including many SLIC zones in the path statement will allow the Manager to
access a zone on another drive. This is helpful to protect against when a drive
fails, and that drive has a SLIC zone defined to it. If the Manager cannot access
the first SLIC zone, it would try the next zone in the order it was entered in the
path statement.
For the naming conventions used on other operating systems to create a SLIC
Zone, refer to the SLIC Manager Installation and User Guide, 310-605807.
The userlogfile will define a file with which you can view logged events.
The QueryChangeInterval sets the time in seconds that the daemon will poll the
Router. The recommended time set here is 10.
Ensure that at the end of every line a semi-colon ‘;’ is used, and that, if several
SLIC Zones are created, a comma separates them. Save and exit the file.